# Pleuronectes

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Miocene|present}}
| image = Pleuronectes platessa.jpg
| image_caption = European plaice ''(P. platessa)''
| taxon = Pleuronectes
| authority = [Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae)
| type_species = ''Pleuronectes platessa''
| type_species_authority = [Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae)
| synonyms = *''Leptosoma'' <small>[Nardo](/source/Giovanni_Domenico_Nardo), 1827</small>
*''Platessa'' <small>[Cuvier](/source/Georges_Cuvier), 1816</small>
*''Spanius'' <small>Gistel, 1848</small>
}}

'''''Pleuronectes''''' is a genus of [righteye flounder](/source/righteye_flounder)s found in the northern oceans.

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Pleuronectes| month = April | year = 2024}}</ref>
* ''[Pleuronectes platessa](/source/Pleuronectes_platessa)'' <small>[Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae)</small> (European plaice)
* ''[Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus](/source/Pleuronectes_quadrituberculatus)'' <small>[Pallas](/source/Peter_Simon_Pallas), 1814</small> (Alaska plaice)
The following fossil species are also known:

* †''[Pleuronectes sonei](/source/Pleuronectes_sonei)'' <small>([Shikama](/source/Shikama_Tokio), 1964)</small> ([Miocene](/source/Miocene) of Japan)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Sakamoto |first1=Kazuo |last2=Uyeno |first2=Teruya |date=2002 |title=Revision of a Miocene Flatfish ''Pleuronectes sonei'' (Shikama, 1964) of the Family Pleuronectidae, from Yamagata Prefecture, Japan |url=https://www.kahaku.go.jp/research/publication/geology/download/28/BNSM_C2805.pdf |journal=Bull. Natn. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, Ser. C |volume=28 |issue= |pages=37–41}}</ref>

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Category:Pleuronectes
Category:Pleuronectidae
Category:Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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